Title: ELCA Council Fills Vacancies on Boards, Committees
ELCA NEWS SERVICE
April 15, 1999
ELCA COUNCIL FILLS VACANCIES ON BOARDS, COMMITTEES
99-15-094-JB
CHICAGO (ELCA) The Church Council of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church in America (ELCA) filled a vacancy on the council and several
vacancies on two steering committees.
The Church Council is the ELCA's board of directors and serves as
the legislative authority of the church between churchwide assemblies.
The council met April 9-12 in Chicago. Assemblies are held every
other
year; the next is August 16-22 in Denver.
Elected to the Church Council was the Rev. Sarah J. Stumme,
pastor
of Zion Lutheran Church, Trevorton, Pa. She replaces the Rev. Joan A.
Mau, Washington Island, Wis. who resigned.
The council elected Wendy J. McCredie, Seguin, Texas, to fill a
vacancy on the steering committee of the Commission for Women and
Kathleen T. Petrich, Seattle, to the steering committee of the
Commission for Multicultural Ministries.
The council also ratified appointments of several members to the
steering committee of the Commission for Multicultural Ministries:
Daniel N. Solee, Columbia, Md.; the Rev. Michele L. Robinson, Chicago;
the Rev. Corazon G. Aguilar, San Leandro, Calif.; Carlos A. Gonzalez,
Silver Spring, Md.; and Justin M. Oakman, Northfield, Minn.
For information contact:
John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or [log in to unmask]
http://listserv.elca.org/archives/elcanews.html
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